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Xiph Releases Ogg Theora Alpha-3

Posted by Hemos on from the frozen-for-usage dept.

ArcRiley writes "For more than a year Xiph hackers have been working on Ogg Theora, an improved version of On2's VP3 video codec. Alpha-3 includes several bitstream changes, VP3 to Theora "upgrade" utilities, and is now supported by Xine, MPlayer, and Real's Helix Player. We're nearing Beta-1 where the format will be frozen, fully documented, and it'll be ready for everyday use."

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  1. Re:Getting Old... by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ogg is a wrapper format that they put out. It serves much the same purpose as QuickTime, AVI, or ASF does. One wraps it around an encoded stream of audio or data. Currently, Ogg is mostly commonly used to contain audio data encoded with the Vorbis codec, which is notable for tending to sound better than MP3, being patent-free and having a completely free implementation for anyone to use.

    I hadn't payed much atten to Off Vorbis, I knew that it was a "free" (Speech and Beer) audio compression scheme, but I didn't know too much more than that.

    How long do you think it will be before some zealoutous asshats start demanding that we call it Ogg/Vorbis?

    LK

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